英字新聞を読むには各単語の形式を知ることが大事！
英語を勉強し始めたばかりの段階だと、教材と違って英字新聞を読むのはかなり難しいと思います。それぞれの新聞が独自の書き方をもっていたりもするので。なので、僕が補足をつけながら、英字新聞を読むのお手伝いしようと思います。教材の文法には慣れたけど英字新聞はまだ苦手という、初級ー中級あたりの人用の解説です。
何回も言いますが、新聞を読むためには各々の単語が名詞（noun）なのか、形容詞（adjective）なのか、副詞（adverb）なのかがめちゃくちゃ大事になってきます！文法はほんっっっっっっとうに大事です！！！一緒に一つずつやっていきましょう！僕の勉強がわりにもなっているので、僕が知っていることは飛ばしていたりします。なので、何かわからないことがあれば気軽にコメントください。できるだけ答えます！よろしくお願いします 😉
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読み終わったら、下の単語の解説と照らし合わせながら読んでいってみてください！よろしくです 😉
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Now THAT’S a thigh gap! Woman gets her leg stuck in a drain cover after walking while using her mobile phone
thigh (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” the top part of your leg, above your knee “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
She had slender thighs.
My thighs ached terribly after the climb.
chicken thighs
・A young woman was distracted by her phone and fell into the tiny gap in China
・Video showed her right leg completely stuck between two bars of a drain cover
・Onlookers managed to free her after to expand the gap using a crowbar
distracted (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” not able to concentrate on something “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
Ruth seemed distracted and not really interested in the meeting.
Tania seems very distracted at the moment – I think she’s worried about her brother.
Concentrate on the main points of the argument and try not to be distracted by incidental details.
動詞を使った例文：
She was distracted by the sound of running water.
Don’t distract her (from her studies).
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そこからdistracted drivingという表現もあります。Macmillanによると” driving whilst using a mobile phone to make a call or send a text message “と記載されていますね。
例文：
Distracted driving is increasingly having an impact on lives lost and property damage.
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そこからdistracted walkingという表現もあります。Macmillanによると” walking while looking at your phone “と記載されていますね。
例文：
Most of the people who reported to emergency rooms with injuries related to distracted walking were women younger than 40.
To expand (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to increase something in size, number, or importance “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
The air in the balloon expands when heated.
The hawk expanded its wings and soared into the sky.
The water froze inside the pipe, causing it to expand and burst.
We plan to expand the pub by adding a family room.
In their second album, the band tried to expand their stylistic range.
They expanded their number of stores significantly in the 1990s.
A Chinese woman got her leg completely stuck in a drain cover after taking a wrong step while playing with her phone.
The woman, reportedly to be 20 years old, fell into a gap between two metal bars and got her thigh trapped in Chinese city last Friday.
Two passersby managed to free her after borrowing tools from nearby shops.
passerby (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” someone who is walking past a place, especially when an accident or violent event happens “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
A passer-by called the police.
A passer-by saw smoke and called the fire department.
To borrow (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” a fly that lays its eggs on meat or dead animals “と記載されています。
例文：
He borrowed a novel from the library.
Could I borrow your bike until next week?
We constantly borrow words from other cultures.
Can I borrow your calculator?
I borrowed a camera from Alex.
I had to borrow a pen from the invigilator to do the exam.
She used to borrow money and not bother to pay it back.
We borrowed £20,000 to start up the business.
Video uploaded on Youku shows two passers-by using a crowbar to expand the gap as a female passerby tried to pull the woman out.
According to East Day News, the 20-year-old woman was using her mobile phone while walking in heels on the street.
She had not seen the gap in her path and mistakenly stepped into the gap and having her right leg trapped.
ここのhaveing her right leg trappedは使役です。
She was freed shortly after and did not sustain injuries, said the report.
To have (verb)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” to cause something to happen or someone to do something “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
We‘re having the house painted next month.
The film soon had us crying.
I haven’t had my holiday photos developed yet.
We need to have everyone sitting down at the same table.
His sad story almost had us in tears.
You had me worried for a moment – I thought you weren’t coming.
The place is looking much better since they had it redecorated.
The Queen had her portrait painted by Pietro Annigoni.
I’ll have the porter bring your luggage up right away.
To sustain (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to experience loss, injury, damage etc “ と記載されています。丁寧な言い方です。
例文：
She sustained multiple injuries in the accident.
Most buildings sustained only minimal damage in the earthquake.
The company has sustained heavy losses this year.
One of the officers sustained minor injuries in the fire.
Both sides sustained heavy losses in the war.
最後に、内容が理解でき、新しい単語も知ることができたら、必ずCambridge Dictionaryか、Macmillan Dictionaryで例文を読むようにしてください。そして一番シンプルで、自分が日常使いしときやすそうなもをノートやスマホに書き溜めておいてください。そしてこれを移動中の時などに声に出して覚えることが本当に大事です！（電車では難しいので、僕はよく歩きますw）
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